I do fortune-telling in ancient astrology

Lin Tingyu stood at the gate of the Hou Mansion, looked at Wen Lin gloatingly, and said with a smile, "Brother, please take care of my cousin and my future siblings all the way."

Cao Ruicen grinned because of the phrase "future brothers and sisters", and waved to Lin Tingyu lying on the car window, "Thank you, future uncle, for sending us off."

Wen Lin looked back helplessly at the endless queue behind him, and sighed, "It would have taken four or five days to arrive, but now it will take six or seven days."

Lin Tingyu looked like an elder, and bowed his hands to Wen Lin, "My two younger sisters are the most well-behaved and obedient. They obey Brother Wen's instructions on the road and take care of themselves along the way. When Brother Wen and the younger sisters come back, the younger brother is the third Let's have a banquet to welcome the wind."

The mighty long line started amid Lin Tingyu's blessings. Lin Xingwei sat in the big carriage of Cao's family, thinking that he would see Cao Yi soon, in a good mood.

This time they left in a hurry, they hadn't written a letter to Cao Yi, so Cao Yi didn't know that his sister and unmarried daughter-in-law came to see him again.

The two girls had already traveled long distances and knew how to pass the time on the road.Lin Xingwei played the piano and Cao Ruicen sang, complementing each other.

Wen Lin thought that the girls were hypocritical, and was afraid that they would complain and be tired and delay his trip, and that it would be cumbersome to take them with him. As a result, the two girls are very generous, and they are the type who are not afraid of hardship.

Wen Lin has to rush on the road, and also has to take care of the big team behind. He often chooses to rest and misses meals or lodgings. The two girls are very happy, and they are quite interested in things they have never seen or experienced. It's not tiring at all.

The first four days went smoothly, but on the fifth day, when they were about to reach Bingzhou, Wen Lin led everyone into the encirclement of the enemy.

Cao Ruicen was probably attracted by Wen Lin's beauty. He seldom talked about Lin Cheng'an along the way, but he asked Wen Lin a lot, and almost asked about the direction of Wen's ancestor's grave. Ask about it.

Wen Lin talked eloquently, seemingly not shying away from his own family affairs. He talked about embarrassing things about his mother, uncles, grandfathers, grandmothers, cousins, and cousins, but he didn't reveal a word of the real secret.

Cao Ruicen asked inappropriately: "Young Master Sui Wan, why do you take your mother's surname instead of your father's surname? You must know that your father left early, but you are the only son."

Lin Xingwei winked at Cao Ruicen, telling her not to ask these questions, but Cao Ruicen deliberately asked, "Princess, what's wrong with your eyes?"

Lin Xingwei felt that Cao Ruicen did it on purpose, maybe it was just Wen Lin's personal matter that he asked casually out of curiosity.

Wen Lin rode on the horse and just walked forward side by side, without looking at her, he just said indifferently: "Compared with what my father did to me, my mother and uncle gave me more, and my mother's last name is to her A kind of repayment. I grew up in Wen's family, so if I had a foreign surname, I would be a little bit picky."

"How can it be considered a foreign surname if you follow your father's surname?" Cao Ruicen continued to ask, but Lin Xingwei interrupted her and asked, "Why can't you follow your mother's surname?"

Cao Ruicen said: "Everyone in this world takes their father's surname!"

"No exceptions are allowed?" Lin Xing gave her a sideways glance, "Brother Wen grew up in the Wen family, and his uncle taught him how to read and write, how to behave, and treat him like a parent. If Brother Wen's surname is not Wen, why should he be surnamed since he was born?" Don’t you have the father’s last name you haven’t seen?”

Cao Ruicen's voice was low and lost the momentum he had just now, "You can't say that, Mr. Suiwan's father left early, it's a helpless thing, taking his father's surname is also a kind of commemoration of his father."

If this was according to Lin Xingwei's violent temper, he would definitely yell at him, but Wen Lin, riding on the horse, didn't mind Cao Ruicen's words at all, with no expression on his face, he just listened quietly.

Lin Xingwei said: "There are many ways to commemorate my father, not just the one with the surname, the surname is completely determined by the actual situation, not whatever you want, Aunt Wen asked Brother Wen to take your surname, You must have your own considerations, you and I are outsiders, so don't speculate and discuss at will."

Wen Lin said indifferently: "If my surname is Wen, I will have family members. If I follow my father's surname, I will have nothing."

Cao Ruicen leaned against the window again and looked at Wen Lin, "Master Suiwan, don't you have grandparents? Why don't you have any clansmen?"

Lin Xingwei pulled her past, dragged her to the window on the other side, and said loudly, "Ah Cen, look quickly, there is an eagle!"

...Finally, there was another topic to distract Cao Ruicen, and the two girls began to chat about the scenery. One said that the mountain spring in the distance could take a bath, and the other said that it would not kill you from the cold.

Chatting again, the topic came to Wen Lin, Cao Ruicen leaned over to the window and asked, "Master Sui Wan, is your fiancée pretty?"

"pretty."

"Better than Princess Youning?"

"Better than Princess Youning, she is the most beautiful in the world." Wen Lin looked into the distance, his thoughts wandering.

Cao Ruicen glanced at Lin Xingwei, who was the most beautiful in the capital, and couldn't imagine what the most beautiful in the world would look like.

Lin Xingwei curled her lips, "Beauty is in the eye of a beholder. A man will say 'you are the most beautiful in the world' to the woman he likes. Didn't my second cousin say that to you?"

Cao Ruicen smiled shyly, "He only said that I am beautiful, but never said that I am the most beautiful in the world."

Lin Xingwei said generously, "I'll ask him to make it up for you next time."

The two girls were chatting and laughing in the car, and the guards behind the car were listless.At noon, Wen Lin planned to find a spacious place ahead for everyone to rest, but suddenly he frowned, "The situation is not right!"

Luo Fu, who was driving the carriage, also changed his face, "It's not right."

A smell of burning grass leaves came from one side of the hillside. It was only February, and the weather was getting warmer and colder. The ban on burning of forests promulgated by the imperial court had not yet passed, so how could someone set fire to the leaves.

Also, this is the official way. It stands to reason that when the first month comes, merchants, traders, and pawns from all walks of life should come and go. Why is it so quiet that not even a bird sings?
Wen Lin reined in his horse and said to the two girls in the carriage: "I'll take a few people to the front to have a look, and you all retreat! If I don't come back in two hours, you immediately turn around and take shelter in the neighboring county."

Lin Xingwei poked his head out of the car window, his voice trembling: "Brother, I'll go with you."

Wen Lin said firmly, "No, I will go faster with a few light cavalry. If you follow, it will be cumbersome. If there is danger, I will protect you with all my might."

Before Lin Xingwei could respond, Wen Lin yelled backwards, "Escort Princess Youning and Miss Cao to retreat." He gave Luo Fu a few more careful instructions, and waved for a few guards he had brought out from the palace , beat the horse and gallop away together.

Dozens of Yangdi troops left by Wei Mingji rushed to the front of the carriage, surrounded tightly, and the guards of the Cao family turned around and followed the carriage.Luo Fu shouted: "Quick back!"

All the soldiers escorted them all the way and hurried in the direction they came and went.